Happy Dance!

I just have one thing to say.




I am a design genius.



It's true. Sure, blowing my own trumpet a little, however someone just told me so.



So there.

*raspberry*

Welcome to our new family member

After a long and painful, sometimes heartbreaking journey, yesterday evening we finally met her. She's currently at the doctors having some essential surgery, but will be coming home hopefully on Friday.

So, without further adieu, meet our - as yet unnamed - member of the family.





She does not have the dark features as the one above, but we'll get her tinted later on.

She is a 1998 Mitsubishi Magna Executive V6 Advance

Bring on Friday!

I'm a little petunia in an onion patch...

I am sobbing. Well, almost.

Got my first flower quote today for the wedding and it is significantly more expensive than I had thought. When I was interested in only Singapore Orchids, the quote was "Around $100" for a cascading bouquet.

Well I changed my mind, and decided I liked other flowers - as I posted earlier on. The new and improved quote - $220. Ok, I don't begrudge the florist for charging this, and I know that flowers cost a lot, but that's fairly excessive for Hamilton standards! Maybe Hamilton has moved up in the world.

$45 each for the bridesmaids.

$10 each for buttonholes for the boys

$15 each for mother's bouquets.

Total cost is $440 inc GST.

Maybe I have to rethink completely what I want.

Maybe a posie instead of a cascade...?

I am looking at artificial for the boys... am looking at other options for the girls.. it's just depressing.

A Post for Alice

Hello Alice!

here is the earrings that I was looking at for you - but the bottom crystal (the big one) would be a pearl... (http://www.rushcreations.com.au/c/25006/1/swarovski-colour-chart.html bottom picture, the blue pearl Night Blue)

And then a necklace on tigertail with the same drops as the earrings.

Crystals would be Light blues....

What are your thoughts?

Time for a change...

Well, since having 99.9% finished the www.princessallure.com.au website, and now having Anjella think I am funky and wants a new logo, I thought the website frontpage just saying "will work for longies" was probably not the professional look I should be going for.

So, cast your eyes on

www.designsbykristie.com

I might be bored of it in a week and decide it is crap, so feedback is welcome (and typo checks welcome!)

Oh look, I am famous!

lookie lookie

Gold Stars for me!

http://www.greatparasolz.com
http://www.cinderellabella.com.au

the first place is a bit exxy :( but I love the one you can choose the handle on. But I cannot afford that price for a parasol.

I wonder how easy it would be to dye the Empress one at cinders...

20 Gold Stars...

... to the person who can find me a Victorian or Edwardian Ivory parasol, with or without fringe/tassels/lace edging.

NO battenburg parasols will be accepted in this hunt.

Under $70AU please.

Will consider a frame only, or a cheap frame with dodgy fabric.

Mourning Parasol considered in blacks, if in bad condition ('cause I don't want to wreck a perfectly good parasol).

HELP ME PLEASE!

oooh.. so I did get a bargain!

My bridal shoes are apparently worth $80... :)

So I did get a great bargain!

All about Tara.

She says words. OK, so they are not words, but I can hear what she says.

"Hello"
"Thankyou"
"Oh-Oh"
"Mmmmmmm!"

they are probably her favourites.


She has started pulling cheesy grin faces.

She looks like a little girl now. This last month she has really changed.

She loves to try and dress herself. Today it was a green teeshirt over the feet, and my knickers over her head. But she is trying.

She loves milk in a cup when I have my morning coffee. She'd have coffee if we would allow it... it must run through her veins.

She loves giving cuddles and kisses.

She almost strangled the cat trying to give it kisses.

The telephone is still her favourite thing.

She loves baths.

She can brush her hair.

She loves to run.

She melts my heart.